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[graculus]

If there's one thing that bugs me about a wide variety of satellite channels, it's that they seem to run the same ads for their own shows over and over and over and over again. And while I could happily watch Living TV's Alan/Denny Boston Legal ad repeatedly, I surely can't be the only one who wants to kick Ricky Gervais in his smug, smirking, self-congratulatory face?

This isn't part of the supposed Ricky Gervais backlash, btw, which I saw touted somewhere as part of the whole 'Brits don't like successful people' idea - I never liked the guy or thought he was funny... ;)

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[wildcard-sej.livejournal.com]

I've never understood the mentality of trying to grab people's attention by making adverts/trailers irritating rather than interesting. Yes, I may very well remember the brand (or at least the type) of the product, but if I associate it with being annoyed/irritated/downright infuriated, then I'm more likely to actively avoid it, surely?

As for RG, the trailers for The Office were such a turn-off that I've never wanted anything to do with it or any of the other actors I associated with that program. I did catch a bit of one of his stand-up shows though ('Animals'?) and it was ok, but not enough for me to want to see him in anything else. And I'd have to be pretty desperate to watch The Simpsons.

[rhade-rad.livejournal.com]

Me either. Don't much like Little Britain either. With satellite though I keep catching odd bits of Blackadder, Drop the Dead Donkey, Fry and Laurie and find myself laughing out loud.

But then I guess one reason why I enjoy Boston Legal is that they are tackling big issues and taking the mickey out of them - like the lovely throwaway "Smiling's over-rated" showing a pic of Tom DeLay - not just trying to make us laugh at personal remarks.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Well, I've always been a big fan of where the absurd and the clever overlap, so the merely stupid I usually find vastly overrated. And don't get me started on what I think about the vast majority of American sitcoms... ;)

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I've never been someone who goes much for being told what to like, and that works just as well for so-called comedy as anything else. And don't get me going on the subject of Friends (or indeed the vast majority of US 'comedy' shows)...

[graculus.livejournal.com]

It doesn't help when they're showing the same ad every single ad break either. More and more irritated by it...

RG isn't in the same league as some of the great comedians the UK has produced and certainly can't hold a candle to the utter genius that is things like Blackadder.

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to hear this. Considering the kind of press those two shows get, I just assumed the infamous 'British' sense of humour had somehow moved on and left me behind. I cannot stand Ricky Gervais, and the extent is so great that I've given up on watching Jonathan Ross because he has Gervais on his show so much and I don't want to be horribly surprised by that man's presence. Little Britain? No thanks. Blech.

I like my humour to be intelligent, and neither of those fit the bill. Very, very pleased to know I'm not alone.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I have to say that the last things that could be described as out and out comedy that I made an effort to watch was Spaced, and the second (and final) season of that aired in 2001.

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

I can't remember what I've watched in recent years that could be classed as comedy. I watched Red Dwarf way back when (not later series of it), and Blackadder. Definitely Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister. But since then? Nothing's coming to mind.

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

Drop The Dead Donkey! I used to love that. Fry and Laurie were just wonderful. I listen to Punt and Denis these days on the radio but they're not quite at the same level.